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Serena Williams on BBC TV: "It's such a great feeling to be out here. First thank you to God Jehovah, I couldn't have done it without him, and my family and whole team - thank you so much. It's just been great. Angelique - I love playing her, she brings out great tennis in me and off court she's a wonderful person to be around."

Angelique Kerber on BBC TV: "First of all I would like to say congrats to Serena. You really deserve it, you are a great champion, a great person and it is always an honour to play against her.

"It is the best feeling to play here on Centre Court, you guys are amazing.

"It is an honour to play here on this court and I would like to say thank you to my box, you are amazing, I have the best team and sometimes I am not so easy but you always believe in me."

Here it is - the moment Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon title.

The Duke of Kent is on trophy-dishing duties. He comes out onto court asking a few of the ball children who form a guard of honour how far they have come to be here.

Angelique Kerber picks up the runners-up plate to hearty applause.

Serena Williams is cheered to the rafters as she hoists the Venus Rosewater Dish.

Lindsay Davenport
Former Wimbledon champion on BBC TV

Kerber played great and that still wasn't enough.

She only got broken once in each set and only got one break point and didn't get a hit.

John McEnroe
Three-time Wimbledon singles champion on BBC TV

Serena's efforts have been super human.

Serena Williams drops to the floor in celebration before accepting Angelique Kerber's gracious congratulations at the net.

The American hoists two fingers on each fist. Not victory signs, but a reference to this victory pulling her level with Steffi Graf's record of 22 Grand Slams.

This is her seventh Wimbledon singles title.

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Number 22!

What a rally!

Kerber dropper, Serena runs it down just, Kerber stabs, Serena pats back and Kerber wrong-foots her with a volley.

Serena ends the rally legs akimbo on the court floor like a ballet dancer mid warm-up.

She asks the umpire whether Kerber clipped the net with her racquet. Apparently not.

Serena rolls on though and forces a break point.

Kerber screws wide. And that might be curtains...

Lindsay Davenport
Former Wimbledon champion on BBC TV

Kerber just wants a chance to play a break point and Serena is not allowing that with her serve.

That is what the best of the best can do.

Serena Williams faces up to break point for the first time in the match.

The crowd hum with expectation.

 Serena splatters a mighty ace out wide to silence the white noise.

More weapons-grade groundstrokes bend Angelique Kerber all out of shape to whisk the rest of the game away from the German.

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John Inverdale
Commentator on BBC Televison

Every time you see Kerber on a second serve, you can almost feel the tension transferring from her to us.

John McEnroe
Three-time Wimbledon singles champion on BBC TV

This is an incredible effort by Kerber. 

She is doing everything possible to find a way in this match.

Somehow she holds there.

Angelique Kerber finishes the game flailing out wide to dig back fierce returns from Serena Williams. That kind of sums up her afternoon, soaking up some heavy-duty hitting and counting on making the American hit one more shot on every rally.

She has done enough again.

This is outstanding. Serena Williams is looking every bit the 21-time Grand Slam champion she is, but Angelique Kerber is giving as good as she's getting...

Serena Williams shows brilliant hands to pock away a forehand volley at the net.

Angelique Kerber hits a cross-court winner to prevent the American getting into the net again and bring up 40-30.

The German cannot force her way any further into the game though as she tugs a forehand wide,

Heather Watson's mixed doubles semi-final is under way on Court One.

The Briton, and her Finnish partner Henri Kontinen, are taking on Oliver Marach and Jelena Ostapenko of Austria and Latvia.

You can watch that match unfold here.

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